Finance

An open letter signed by 60 non-government organisations (NGOs) has been sent to investors in Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) urging them not to back the controversial Indonesian company.

A Bank of England scheme to boost bank lending to businesses and households could provide up to 66bn in funding based on current uptake.

American Industrial Partners (AIP), the private equity owner of narrow and mid-web flexo press maker Mark Andy, has completed its $26m (16.2m) purchase of direct imaging press builder Presstek.

The last major mid-market funder to the print industry, ING Lease, has announced its decision to pull out of UK asset finance from 30 November.

The soaring level of investment needed to operate in the short-term seasonal markets means that the sector is now only open to the very biggest of players

The Government is to offer grants from a 7m pot for collaborative R&D projects aimed at developing technologies for additive manufacturing.

The economic recovery is being held back by zombie SMEs, a UK insolvency firm has warned.

Nearly three quarters of SMEs are still unaware of the benefits of invoice finance (IF), according to a new survey.

Kodak has forecast a total operating cash flow of $33m (20m) on revenue of $1.2bn for the first six months of 2013, although its US operation is forecast to lose $110m in the same period.

Half of UK businesses responding to a new poll carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said that they did not trust banks or building societies.